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Advancing Pediatric Care: The Role of Micronutrients and Demystifying the Video Swallow Study

Presenter(s): Cassandra Pogatschnik, RD, LD, CNSC, CCTD; Andrea Mangino, MS, CCC-SLP

Date: 04 February 2025

Time: Noon-2 PM ET

Location: Virtual

Continuing Education Credits: Nurse Contact: 2.0; Dietitian CPEU 2.0

Please join ANHI for a live webinar on Tuesday, 4 February 2025, from noon-2 PM ET.

After the program, participants will be able to:

  • Identify the physical manifestations of micronutrient deficiencies through nutrition-focused physical exam.
  • Discuss the causes of micronutrient deficiencies in nutrition support patients.
  • Review strategies for monitoring and treatment of micronutrient deficiencies and excesses.
  • Discuss the diagnostic process for dysphagia and the role of a videofluorscopic swallow study (VSS).
  • Identify the clinical indications and limitations in evaluating children with a VSS.
  • Describe the difference between a VSS and a fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES).
  • Discuss the dynamic results related to penetration versus aspiration and accompanying clinical recommendations of the VSS.

Pre-registration is required. 

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Advancing Pediatric Care: The Role of Micronutrients and Demystifying the Video Swallow Study

Presenter Bio(s):

Cassandra Pogatschnik, RD, LD, CNSC, CCTD

Cassandra Pogatschnik, RD, LD, CNSC, CCTD is a Nutrition Support Clinician for the Center for Gut Rehabilitation and Transplantation at the Cleveland Clinic, specializing in adult intestinal rehabilitation and transplantation. She is a former pediatric gastroenterology dietitian focusing on pediatric GI transplantation and short bowel syndrome at M Health Fairview Masonic Children's Hospital. A 2024 recipient of the Distinguished Nutrition Support Dietitian, Advanced Clinical Practice, ASPEN; she has enjoyed authoring various book chapters and articles on micronutrients, intestinal transplantation, short bowel syndrome, and intestinal failure and enjoys teaching others about these topics. 

Andrea Mangino, MS, CCC-SLP

Senior Speech Pathologist
Cohen Children’s Medical Center 
Queens Country, NY, USA

Andrea Mangino, MS, CCC-SLP, is the Manager of Pediatric Speech Language Pathology at Cohen Children’s Medical Center and LIJ Hearing and Speech Center. While there, she developed and continues to improve the pediatric inpatient and outpatient feeding and swallowing program. Andrea is a pediatric specialist in feeding and swallowing disorders with advanced training in clinical/instrumental assessment and managing infant and pediatric dysphagia. She is recognized as an expert in swallowing/feeding across the continuum of pediatric settings, including neonates, medically fragile infants, and children with tracheostomy. Andrea provides lectures on topics including neonatal and pediatric dysphagia, and feeding in the NICU, as well as related topics including speech and swallowing for patients with craniofacial anomalies.

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